By Rich Haridy, October 27, 2020 Researchers tested hundreds of thousands of people for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies across a three-month period UK researchers are suggesting levels of antibodies produced by the immune system in response to SARS-CoV-2 may significantly drop in the months following an initial infection. Testing hundreds of thousands of subjects over three months, a study...
By Nick Lavars, October 27, 2020 Golden nanotubes can be seen in green making their way into the cancer cell Tiny nanoscale materials offer unique properties, and one way scientists are looking to leverage these is by taking aim at cancer cells of different kinds. A research team in the UK have demonstrated how an adaptation of...
by ChristianaCare From left: Lynn Opdenaker, Ph.D., Brian Osmond, Bruce Boman, M.D., Chi Zhang, Victoria Hunsu, Caroline Facey, Ph.D. Credit: ChristianaCare In breakthrough colon cancer research, scientists at ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute have discovered a link between two key signaling pathways crucial to the development and growth of colon cancer. The study is...
According to a new study from an international research team, co-directed by Scripps Research molecular biologist Claudio Joazeiro, PhD, failures in a quality control system that defends protein-building fidelity in cells can result in motor neuron degeneration and associated diseases. Claudio Joazeiro, PhD, is a professor in the Scripps Research Department of Molecular Medicine. Motor neurons regulate breathing, movement, speaking,...
A small study in mice suggests that a dosage of vitamin D five times the current recommended amount for older adults could slow the development of frailty. However, the researchers now need to confirm this finding in humans. Doctors currently define a person as “frail” if they display three or more of the following five characteristics: unexpected weight loss...
By Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress A medical illustration of Clostridioides difficile bacteria, formerly known as Clostridium difficile, presented in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publication entitled, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019. A team of researchers from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and FZata Inc. has found that modifying...
by Jennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT researchers have found that people who are asymptomatic for COVID-19 may differ from healthy individuals in the way that they cough. These differences are not decipherable to the human ear. But it turns out that they can be picked up by artificial intelligence. Asymptomatic people who are infected...
by Yale University Researchers have long known that many people (mostly women) suffering from anorexia face a high risk of death. But, until now, they didn’t know what causes the eating disorder to turn fatal. In a research letter published in the Oct. 26 edition of Nature Metabolism, Yale researchers describe a specific neuron that appears to play an important role in...
by Donna Huber, University of Georgia The life cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of American Trypanosomiasis. The life cycle is complex, involving parasite development in both insect and mammalian hosts. Researchers in the University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases have found that a more intensive, less frequent drug regimen with currently...
by Catharine June, University of Michigan A new way to measure respiratory rate, heart rate and heart rate variability has recently been developed in a collaboration led by the University of Michigan. Together with body temperature, these important indicators could identify a respiratory infection early—before a worker or student feels ill. The technology, which was recently...
